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HOUSE of ASSEMBLY,
Wedntfday> January 30. 1788.
A motion was made by Mr. William
Few, that the House do come to tbr fol
lowing refutations: ‘
Re/olvedt That this House Will proceed
to name three fit and difereet persons from
each county, to be convened at Auguffa, by
the Executive, as soon as may be after
official information is received that nine
Hates have adopted the Federal Confiitu
tion; and a majority of them stall pro
ceed to take under their consideration the
alterations and amendments that are ne
cessary to be made in the Constitution of
this State, and to arrange, digest, and al-'
ter the fame in such maimer , as in their
judgment will be mod continent with the
rnte'reft and fafety, and bed feeure the
rights and liberties of the citizens thereof.
Andthefaid resolution being again read,
an amendment was proposed by Mr. Clay
thereunto.
ReJ'ofacd , That when theConditution is
altered and amended in the manner afore
faid, five hundred copies thereof lhall be
printed, and sent by the Executive to the
different counties, and diftriboted among
the jodices ahd field officers of the mili
tia, to be communicated to the people for
their consideration.
Refolded, That it be recommended to
•very county, on the fird Tuefday in De
cember thereafter to efcoofe three Mem
bers each, tomeet at Auguda on the fourth
day of January after, veded with full
power* and for the foiepurpofe of adopt
ing *id ratifying* or rejecting the feme.
The said refolutiofis being severally read/
Were agreed to by the House.
Rejolvtdy That to-morrow be the or
der of the day for the House to proceed to
name three persons from each county, for
the purpose intended by the resolutions of
this day, that relate to the alteration of
tbeConftitution of this Hate,
THURSDAY, January sl, 17##.
The House proceeded to the appoint
ment of three fit and difereet persons for
each county, to be convened at Auguda,
by the Executive, as soon as may be, af
ter official information is received that
nine dates have adopted the Federal Con
ilitution, to tdkc under their considera
tion the alterations and amendments that
are neccffary to be made in the Conrtitu
tion of this date } and Ho arrange, diged,
and alter the fame in such manner, as in
their judgment will be mod confident with
the intered and fafety, and bed feeure the
Tights and liberties of the citizens of this
Hate; and the following persons were
Siamed and appointed for the different
counties:
For the County of Chatham :
John Houftoun, John Haberihara, and
Central Lachlan M‘lntofli, Esquires.
For the County of Burke:
Edward Telfair, George Walton, and
, ohn Powell, Esquires.
for the County of Effingham :
Nathan Brownfon, Jenkin Davis, sfad
Thomas Lane, Esquires.
For the County of Richmond:
William Few, James M‘NieJ, and
Charles Crawford, Esquires.
For the County of Wilkes ;
Arthur Fort, Florence Sullivan, and
john King, Esquires.
For the County of Liberty:
James Dunwoody, Gideon Dowse, and
james Powell, Esquires.
For the County of Glynn : I
George Handley, John Milton, and j
Chridophu Hillary, Esquires,
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For County cf Camden : I
Fler.rjr Ofbdme, James l Seagiove, and
John Webb, Esquires.
For tbt County of Wafhir.glon :
' jared Irwin, John Watts, and John
Rutherford, Esquires.
For the County of Franklin :
Larkin Cleveland, Samuel Gardner, and
Niel Cleveland,, Esquires.
-For the County of Greene :
Charles Abercrombie, William Greer,
and Thomas Horton, Esquires.
Refolded? That tlie persons attending
for the purpose of framing a plan of a
Constitution for the* ftatev be entitled to
the Came allowance a* Members of the
Legillature : And his Honor the Gover
nor in Council is hereby amborifed to
draw in favor of them individually, on
the Treasury for such allowance, and for
any other necellary expence attending the
fame.
Rejolvedy That fn case an}*perfons no
minated by the Legislature, to report a
draft of a Constitution for this state, shall
decline acting, or if their feats (hall be
come vacant iff any other manner, that
the Afiiftant Judges of the counties where
such vacancies (hall happen, shall appoint
a day for fuppfying them, and shall give
twenty days notice of such a day; and
the Reprefenfatives of fochr county are
recommended amt directed, to convene
at any place that may be appointed by the
aforefuid Judges, and to nominate feme
perfoa or persons to supply fuchf vacancy
or vacancies and the person or persons
chosen by a majority of the said Repre
sentatives flia.ll be coufi Jered as properly
appointed..
Extra ft from the Minutes ,
JAMES M. SIMMONS, C.G.A.
By the CHIEF JUSTICE.
It it Ordereds
THAT the Refolutfon of the Honor
able the General AfTembly of the
24th January last be published : And that
the Clerks of the refpeCtivc counties be
arid they are hereby required to render
an account agreeably to the said Resolu
tion on the firft day of the next term in
each county, on pain of being proceeded
against for a contempt.
HOUSE of ASSEMBLY,
Monday , the ifttb January t 1788.
Rejelnbtd,
That the Chief Justice be directed and
required to call upon the Clerks of the
different counties for a clear account of
all the judgments that have been obtajped
against public debtors, together with the
executions that have been issued against
them ; and of the monies that have been
paid thereon, to whom and at what time
luch payments were made: And as fooii
as he shall receive a statement from all the
Clerks, he shall deposit them in the Trea*
fury.
Extraftfrom the Minutes ,
JAME 9 M. SIMMONS, C. €?. A. '
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And it is further Ordered ,
That the Rcgifters of Probats of thp re
fpeCtive counties do lay before the Supe
rior Court in Ach county on the firft day
of the entiling Term, a general return of
taxables and taxable property for the pre
sent year, agreeably to the directions of
an Aft, entitled, “ An Aft for laying a
Tax for the year 1788.* Andaljo , That
the Tax Collectors return at the fame time
fhc defaulters in each diftriCt in one ge
ncral Hft for each county-. And thi* thf* I
are by no means to omit on any preteo«e l
whatever. M
H. OSBORNE. I
Augusta, An%uft l;, 1788. B
RU N away from the Subscriber, a I
Negro wench named LUCY, s or ’ m . I
er!y the property of Mr. Smith Clarendon*
She was carried off by her hufbaud, f e ff e ’ I
ry (formerly the property of Major I
Walhington, now of Mrs. Murray) We ;j I
knowu in and about Augusta, where 1: ■
not improbable they may endeavour to |L
conceal themfelv.es. A reward of £/^ e W
Dollars y and all reasonable charges, w ; ij I
, be paid on delivery of the wench to Col. I
John Milton, in Augusta, or to Mr. John p
Clarke, in Reech-ItTand ; if harboured by f
. a white person, a reward of Five Gumtai, f
if by a negro, Two Guineas will be paid I
bn eorcviftion of the offender.
BALTHASER SHAFFEL |
TAKEN up by old Mr. Fnrey, and |
brought tome to be dealt with as
the Taw diretts, a white Mare, about 14 I*
hands and one inch high, 7 or 8 years i'
old, paces natural* is branded on the K
; mounting shoulder fonvething like thus U I
has a larse knocking bell tied on with an I
old tanned leather strap.
The owner will obtain hrs property, by *1
lawful application to
JAMES STALLINGS, J.p.
A Lift of Defaulters in Captain Jcfa I
Lilfs Com pair; 1 Richmond County. |
JOSEPH Franklin, John Mason, Ni
cholas jones, Edward Taylor, Tho- I
mas Garret, Joftph Brantly, William I
Smith, Adam Gels, Thomas Gefs, Samu- I
el Cooper, Niel Clark, Peter Leth, Ros
ter Heath, Hatton Parham, Peter Parham,
Nathan Parham, Thomas Parham, Tho
mas Silkes, William johnr, Thoma» I
Graftley, Lewis Parham.
One hundred acres land, fecund quali
ty, formerly the property of James Nor
ton, who is out of the limits of this date.
One lot in the town of Wrightlborough,
No. 91, formerly the property of Sa- I
muel Oliver, dcccafed.
R. HOWARD, Rec.
THEt Subscriber will dis- I
pose of that large and
airy House on Broad-street, in
Augusta, next door to the
Printing-Office, on very rea
sonable terms, to which indis
putable titles will be made.
The terms may be known oa
application to Capt. Watts,
near Augusta.
H. GRAVES.
Notice. re>
THIS is to forewarn all persons from
trading for a Note of mine, which
I have given to Captain Zachariah Philips*
as I have paid the amount thereof fame
time ago.
ISAAJS DENNIS.
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